It’s Halloween in the United States (and much of the rest of the world). As such, people are gathering together for parties, going trick or treating and telling scary stories. In that spirit, last week on Performancing I discussed legal nightmares that can happen to you and your blog. Specifically, there were three scenarios that, […]

Shared hosting, at its most fundamental level, is when many different websites share the same physical server and its resources. It is easily the most common form of hosting on the planet and the one used by nearly all of the largest hosts including GoDaddy, Dreamhost, Bluehost, etc. While this might sound like a bad […]

If you’re taking the time to start or maintain a blog, you probably want it to be good. You certainly don’t want to invest your time, energy and effort into creating something that’s mediocre or outright bad. But blogging isn’t easy, in fact, it is incredibly difficult, requiring seemingly endless amounts of creativity, dedication and […]

If you are blogging and are enjoying it, the idea of going pro is likely appealing to you. After all, who wouldn’t want to earn their living doing something they love, especially when it can be done almost anywhere a wifi connection can be found? But the truth is that turning a blog, even a […]

To be honest, last week was a pretty rough week for the city of New Orleans. The landfall of Hurricane Isaac bringing powerful winds, heavy rains and strong storm surge to the area, the city was, to put it simply, a disaster. While it may not have been a catastrophe on par with Hurricane Katrina […]

When it comes to blogging, you need to know how to use your tools to their maximum potential. Whether they’re for researching, writing, publishing or promotion, knowing how to use the tools of your trade is vital to your success. However, of all of those tools, none is more important than your blogging platform as […]

Recently, Mat Honan’s frightening account of how hackers destroyed his digital life has been making rounds online, scaring nearly everyone who reads it. Basically, Honan’s digital presence was all but destroyed after hackers managed to delete his Google Account, wipe his iPhone, iPad and Macbook and deface his Twitter account. The reason for the attack, […]

If you’re a blogger, your browser is easily your most important tool. Like a carpenter with his hammer or a plumber with his wrench, every blogger has a favorite browser and setup that they prefer. So, ultimately, what browser you want to use for your blogging is going to come down to a personal choice, […]

Many bloggers, if not most, start out blogging not as a business but as a hobby. They simply want to write or make videos on a subject they are passionate about. Hobby bloggers, typically, don’t think about making money from their site. After all, they are usually spending only a few dollars per month on […]

I have been a WordPress user for over 7 years and I deeply love the platform, it’s developers and its users. WordPress currently powers over 16% of the entire Internet and the latest WordPress release, 3.4, has already been downloaded some 2.8 million times since it’s release barely two weeks ago. WordPress isn’t going anywhere […]